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Question #1

Which instrument is an early version of the trombone?

A lute

B sackbut

C shawm

Question #2

Which instrument is an ancestor of the oboe?

A shawm

B cornetto

C lute

Question #3

Early instrumental music relied on the improvisation skills of players.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #4

What do the repeated dance sections of Susato’s Three Dances allow the musicians to do?

A Perform melodic embellishments.

B Take turns dancing.

C Take rests.

D Correct any mistakes they may have made the first time.

Question #5

Which of the following dance forms is found in sixteenth-century publications?

A merengue

B saltarello

C quickstep

Question #6

Susato’s Danserye is

A a song collection.

B the name of Susato’s civic wind band.

C a collection of popular dances.

Question #7

An unexpected harsh dissonance coinciding with the word “death” is an example of

A organum.

B a cappella singing.

C word-painting.

D polyphony.

Question #8

The mood of Farmer’s madrigal Fair Phyllis is

A light and pastoral.

B quiet and mysterious.

C serious and courtly.

D sad and melancholy.

Question #9

Looking at the title, Symphony No. 94 in G Major, we can determine that the genre is

A a symphony.

B an overture.

C not stated.

D a classical song.

Question #10

Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest?

A alto, bass, tenor, soprano

B bass, tenor, alto, soprano

C soprano, alto, tenor, bass

D alto, soprano, bass, tenor

Question #11

Music composed for religious purposes is called

A nonspecific.

B sacred.

C secular.

D vernacular.

Question #12

The bowed string instrument with the highest range is the

A double bass.

B cello.

C violin.

D viola.

Question #13

The instrument family providing the accompaniment to the main melody in this excerpt is the

A brass.

B percussion.

C strings.

D woodwinds.

Question #14

Which might describe “exciting” music?

A a fast tempo.

B the main tune rose in the brass.

C All possible answers.

D an increasingly polyphonic texture.

Question #15

Which is an example of pitched percussion?

A cymbal

B snare drum

C xylophone

D bass drum

Question #16

Which of the following is an approach one can take when writing about music?

A All possible answers.

B analysis.

C comparisons.

D evaluative statements.

Question #17

Which is the correct chronological ordering of the following historical periods?

A Classical, Romantic, Renaissance, Modernist

B Baroque, Renaissance, Modernist, Romantic

C Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Modernist

D Romantic, Classical, Baroque, Modernist

Question #18

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate

A different timbres in the orchestra.

B different dynamic markings.

C different rhythms.

D different harmonies.

Question #19

Which would you be likely to include when writing about music?

A a blow-by-blow description

B a detailed list of the performers and instruments

C a comprehensive analysis

D a balance between descriptive and personal reactions

Question #20

The concertmaster is the

A first-chair violist.

B first-chair violinist.

C first-chair cellist.

D conductor.

Question #21

Which of the following terms describes instruments made with stretched skins?

A idiophone

B chordophone

C membranophone

D aerophone

Question #22

Which describes instruments classified as idiophones?

A sound produced from a vibrating string

B sound produced from the substance itself

C sound produced by using air

Question #23

Western art music refers to

A the notated and cultivated music of European and Euro-American society.

B music captured in cultural context by ethnomusicologists.

C vernacular musics.

Question #24

The conductor

A interprets the music.

B rehearses the ensemble.

C All answers are correct.

D beats time in metrical patterns.

Question #25

An instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string is called a(n)

A aerophone.

B idiophone.

C chordophone.

D membranophone.

Question #26

Jazz bands usually include

A only a reed section.

B a reed section and a string section.

C a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.

D only a brass section.

Question #27

Which instruments are members of the woodwind family?

A flute, oboe, bassoon, English horn, saxophone

B bass clarinet, English horn, trumpet

C clarinet, piano, saxophone

D oboe, piccolo, contrabassoon, guitar

Question #28

Which describes instruments classified as aerophones?

A sound produced from the substance itself

B sound produced by using air

C sound produced from a vibrating string

Question #29

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?

A strings, brass, and percussion

B voice, strings, woodwinds, and brass

C strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion

D woodwinds, brass, and percussion

Question #30

The _____ serves as home base in most Western music.

A scale

B tonality

C tonic

D dissonance

Question #31

An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter.

A duple

B quadruple

C triple

D poly-

Question #32

The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is

A range.

B interval.

C cadence.

D contour.

Question #33

In duple meter, the accent is typically on which beat?

A second

B first

C fourth

D third

Question #34

Melody

A occurs only in Western music.

B is a musical line, or the tune.

C is a vertical aspect in music.

Question #35

The progression of ________ creates a feeling of order and unity in music.

A consonance

B octaves

C harmony

D dissonance

Question #36

The number of beats in a measure determines the

A rhythm.

B meter.

C scale.

D tempo

Question #37

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)

A scale.

B chord.

C interval.

D syncopation.

Question #38

The basic unit of rhythm is the

A beat.

B tempo.

C note.

D measure.

Question #39

In Western music, two scales have been predominant: major and minor.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #40

Dissonance resolves in

A consonance.

B syncopation.

C harmonies.

D drones.

Question #41

A combination of tones that sounds discordant or in need of resolution is called

A dissonant.

B disjunct.

C diluted.

D diatonic.

Question #42

The distance between two pitches is called a(n)

A cadence.

B rhyme scheme.

C interval.

D countermelody.

Question #43

A chord that sounds stable or restful is called

A ambulatory.

B consonant.

C a drone.

D dissonant.

Question #44

The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line is its

A cadence.

B timbre.

C range.

D climax.

Question #45

________ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat.

A Syncopation

B Quadruple meter

C Compound meter

Question #46

_______ is the principle of organization around a central tone.

A Meter

B Polyphony

C Harmony

D Tonality

Question #47

When a melody begins before a downbeat, it is said to begin on a(n)

A syncopation.

B irregular beat.

C upbeat.

D consonance.

Question #48

Harmony describes the _____ aspects of music.

A tangential

B horizontal

C temporal

D vertical

Question #49

The element that propels music forward in time is

A rhythm.

B harmony.

C range.

D melody.

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